Category archives: Sir Lucian Grainge

Universal Music Group is being valued at $42bn – and could set in motion a major label sales frenzy

The sale of up to 50% of UMG could tempt Sony and Warner to consider their options
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Sir Lucian Grainge hails ‘pivotal year in the history of UMG and the music industry’

“UMG continues to be, without question, the most successful company in the history of the music industry.”
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Universal will ignore artists’ unrecouped balances when it pays out Spotify share money… thanks to Taylor Swift

‘They have generously agreed to this, at what they believe will be much better terms than paid out previously by other major labels.’
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Taylor Swift signs new global recordings deal with Universal Music Group

Direct agreement signed for the world
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‘A total visionary’: Simon Cowell to receive A&R Icon award at MBW event in London next month

Rob Stringer, Camila Cabello, Sir Lucian Grainge, Max Lousada and many more pay tribute to Syco chief
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Sir Lucian Grainge: ‘We must keep listening to new ideas through young ears.’

Why the whistle test means a great deal to the boss of Universal Music Group
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If Universal’s going to go public, Vivendi should strike while the iron’s hot

Why now might be the right time for the French media giant to make its move
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Universal employed 7,912 people last year – its biggest headcount in a decade

Nearly half of company’s employees were women, with 43% of managerial positions taken by female execs
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